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HARROW AND UULTIVATOR.

No. 245,133. Patented Aug. .2, 1881..

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

m ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE J. OLINE, OF GOSHEN, INDIANA.

H ARROW AND CULTIVATOR.

SPEGIFIGATIOE formingpart of Letters Patent No. 245,133, dated August 2, 1881,

- Application filed May 7, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it mag/concern.

Be itgknown that I, GEORGE J. ULINE, a citizen of the'United States, a resident of Goshen, inthe county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in, Harrows and Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and'to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is arepresentation of a. longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is aplan view, showing in dotted lines the lateral adjustment of the bars.

This invention has relation to improvements in barrows; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth. I

In the annexed drawings, the letter A indicates the barrow-frame, consisting of side bars, a, rear bar, a, and cross-bar a- This frame carries at its front end the ton gue-sup porting shaft or roller a B B represent the wheels.

The bars 0, which support the teeth, are journaled to-the side bars by means of suitable bearin gs. i V

The teeth D are spring-teeth, and they are pivoted by their middle portions to the bars or rock-shafts O, theirlower or workingends, 61,

extending downward in curved form, and their upper ends, d, extending to a transverse bar, E, to which they are pivoted. These bars E, therefore, connect the upper ends of the teeth of each series, and they are designed to be sufl'iciently long to extendover'the side bars, a, so that their ends can be fastened thereto, pins 6 being used for this purpose, said pins passing through the holes in the bars E and in the side bars, a.

Other suitable fastenings easily applied may be used.

The bars E are designed to have handles 6, elongated loops being preferredfas shown in the drawings. This construction is designed to increase the elasticity of the teeth, the upward extensions d serving for this purpose withoutdetracting from the strength of the curved working ends d. As the lower or working ends of the teeth are broughtin action the upper ends thereof also bend, in the reverse direction in taking the pressure as well as in 'the reaction.

The teeth being pivotally connected toboth rock-shafts C and bars E, permit the latter to have an endwise or lateral adjustment, so that theteeth of successive shafts can be thrown 'into oblique positions alternately to the right and left. The bars E are fastened to the frame of the barrow by their ends, as above described, so that the oblique adjustment of the teeth can be secured so long as it may be desired to effect the complete harrowing.

Fromthe rock-shafts G depend tongues c, the lower ends of which are pivotedv to a longitudinal bar, F, attached by a slot-and-pin connection -,to the lower end of a lever, G, pivoted to a cross-bar, and having its handle extending up within easy reach of the driver, and arranged to be held at any desired position by means of a notched catch, g. The construction described is designed to allow the rock-shafts to be readily adjusted to throw the teeth up or down, as may be desired. The frame is also adapted for use as a cultivator, the rock-shafts carrying the barrow-teeth being detachedand shafts carrying cultivatorteeth substituted.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, .1s

The bars E, having their ends extending over the side bars of the frame, and adapted. to be secured thereto, in combination with the rock-shafts O and the pivoted and adjustable teeth D, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE J. OLINE.

WVitnesses:

JOHN J. FREELA'ND, J o. H. DEFREEs, Jr. 

